Today, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is launching the new global education program Keep Wild Animals Wild and a new online community to connect educators and students worldwide.
“At the current rate of illegal wildlife trade Read more »

(Sept. 25, 2015 – Yarmouth Port, MA) The President of China, Mr. Xi Jinping, and the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, made history today by announcing that the two countries would take swift action to protect elephants from the Read more »

As long as rhinos remain one of the globe’s most persecuted animal species, World Rhino Day is no cause for celebration, conservationists have warned.
“Rhino’s continue to break records for all the wrong reasons. Year on year poache Read more »

IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) welcomes the appointment of Peter Woolcott, the Australian Government’s current Environment Ambassador, as Australia’s new Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
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More whale deaths from collisions with ships are inevitable unless the government improves its management of shipping in the Great Barrier Reef, warned the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), following reports today of a humpback whale calf Read more »

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) welcomed today’s EU Parliament vote for an amended version of the regulation on trade in seal products. The trade ban had to be revised in response to findings of the World Trade Organization (WT Read more »

FACT:
Australia has the dubious honour of having the worst species extinction rate in the world.
Since European settlement began, just over 200 years ago, 18 species of mammals and about 100 species of plants have become extinct.
Currently Read more »

Research into blue whale distribution around one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and fatal collisions with ships has led scientists to offer a simple solution to the deadly threat.
Heavy ship traffic crossing the Indian Ocean passes close Read more »

On Wednesday millions of animal lovers around the world will be raising a cheer for nature’s biggest land animal, the elephant.
“At a time when there is plenty to worry about with regards to elephants, World Elephant Day on August 12 is o Read more »

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